httpie requires requests < 1.0, raring ships with 1.1.0

[Brian Moyles]

httpie has a dependency on requests > 0.10.1 but < 1.0. Raring ships with requests 1.1.0. The httpie deb doesn't declare a dependency on any specific version of requests, so everything installs clean.

# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

# apt-get install httpie
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  python-pygments
Suggested packages:
  ttf-bitstream-vera
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  httpie python-pygments
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# http
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/http", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2807, in <module>
    parse_requirements(__requires__), Environment()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 594, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: requests>=0.10.1,<1.0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Seb Bonnard (sebmansfeld)]

Hi, i have the same pb. with ubuntu saucy :

$ lsb_release -sr
13.10
$ http
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/http", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2809, in <module>
    parse_requirements(__requires__), Environment()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 594, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: requests>=0.10.1,<1.0

In the meantime this bug is studied, is there a workaround ?

Seb.